Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Kohl Tube, double
Description
Wood, bronze or copper alloy
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small cylindrical wooden artifact with two rounded hollows.
The artifact is small and cylindrical, crafted from wood, featuring two distinct rounded cavities or hollows. The surface shows signs of age with visible grain patterns and some wear. The craftsmanship suggests a utilitarian object, possibly used for storage or as a tool accessory. Its simplicity and the absence of embellishments indicate it may have served a practical purpose.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280469 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.397 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546990 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.